Lili St Cyr: Striptease Artiste (1953)

Those who remember the exotic dances of LILI ST.CYR know that they were just that. While big busted raunchy girls were swaying hips and twirling tassels in the burlesque houses, ST.CYR was pulling elements of fantasy, mysticism, ballet, and eros into her act. Instead of taking it off she was often putting it on, dressing onstage for her audience and the results were no less tantalizing. See her act preserved on film forever as she performs her famous “LOVE MOODS” bubble bath and the scandalous-for-its-time “BEDROOM FANTASY.”